Comments on: Kawasaki on Its Way Back to MotoGP Grid, as Well? (News)

By: monsterduc1000

monsterduc1000 — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:22:58 +0000

That’s why world super bike is so awesome!

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:41:46 +0000

MotoGP puts too much emphasis on engineering and too little on the rider. This keeps competition mostly absent and we see less participation from the factories. Too bad.

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By: TomS

TomS — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:05:28 +0000

As a long time fan of The Green, I’d love to see a factory Kawasaki or two on the grid. But if they come back I hope they throw the necessary shiploads of cash at it, so they’re not an embarrassment like they were back in 2007/8.

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By: Norm G.

Norm G. — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:57:55 +0000

re: “they are already in WSBK and very successful there. Tom Sykes missed the championship last year by 1/2 a point.”

FISTPUMP…!!!

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By: Norm G.

Norm G. — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:55:29 +0000

re: “I’m not saying that CRT was a bad idea”

exactly, ’cause those kind of statements should be left to me…

CRT WAS A BAD IDEA…!!!

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By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:47:35 +0000

The factories in MotoGP are what is currently smothering it. Honda and to a slightly lesser degree Yamaha want it to be a wallet race because they know they can win that and they’re perfectly happy if Suzuki and Kawasaki, Aprilia, BMW, KTM, Triumph, and MV Agusta don’t want to play. CRT was not the right solution but without them there were 12-14 bikes on the grid, which was embarrassing to what should be the premier class of motorcycle racing. The economy is tough, if they want the series to be healthy then they have to adjust the cost of entry so more sponsors will want to participate. See Moto2 and WSBK, which are very competitive and well participated.

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By: Vrooom

Vrooom — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:44:46 +0000

It would be great to see Kawasaki back. Personally I’d like to see all the major manufacturer’s competing. They should try to get back to something closer to a bike that sells in dealerships, and make it less costly to compete, but I’ll take Kawasaki and Suzuki back.

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By: Vrooom

Vrooom — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:43:28 +0000

The problem with that theory is they are already in WSBK and very successful there. Tom Sykes missed the championship last year by 1/2 a point.

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By: Vrooom

Vrooom — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:41:27 +0000

Attendance at US GP events as well as TV coverage (which could be better) seems to fly in the face of that analysis. It’s huge in Europe as well, where the majority of the races are held. It was perhaps 2 years ago that GP racing was polled as more popular than AMA US series racing here in the States. I have no idea whether it sells any bikes or not. Since the GP bikes are so different from production bikes, it may not.

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By: Dale

Dale — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:28:21 +0000

I like em all, but, there is a special place for Kawasaki Factory level involvement is what Makes MotoGP work, imho. As was mentioned before, why not just punt a CRT Team if you want to hold the grid size. (My series? Let the market and qualifying determine grid size, a 107% cutoff for instance. Yes Sir! Mr Factory please make yourself at home.)

I think we can stick a fork in the whole CRT thing as it stands, I can’t conceive of how good a Rider would have to be to run with Jorge on the Yamaha on a CRT bike… I’m not saying that CRT was a bad idea, I just don’t think it should run with the true MotoGP bikes. Multi-class races, ala Lemans, may work OK for cars but not for Motorcycle sprint Races imho. Maybe, it could survive as a stand alone series… Moto1?

My two cents:

The Factories should decide/agree what the equipment rules are in MotoGP (majority rule). Those rules should be stabilized.

The Rider’s, with assistance from the Factories should decide all safety issues. If the Riders declare something a Safety issue, it is.

Any “Spec” rules to be agreed to by all parties. If a promoter had 3-7 Factories agree to a rules package, get out of the way and promote.

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